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Subject: RE: [AMRadio] Carrier Current Transmission (was
WestinghouseTest Meter Unit Type TCT)
spend much time on the exam prep. But, in the course of my visit, he
related to me that during WWII (for whatever reason, we was not in
the military during the war) he recalled that hams would do odd
things
Greetings all: I have spent considerable time operating carrier current of
various kinds over the years. I studied all of the old QST articles about the
subject and duplicated quite a few of the subjects. Most of them were for AM
Phone operation. (there was a lot of incidental FM also and FM
From: Chuck Kembring [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello Bruce...
I believe the panel you describe is from an Electric Utility Company's
transmission sub-station carrier current test panel.
They frequently transmit carrier current acrossed the high tension lines
to
control devices at a remote location
This discussion just brought back a memory -- When I was preparing
for my Extra, an Old Guy ham in Tulsa offered to mentor me. and
invited me to his home with the intent of getting me perfectly ready
fro the exam.
He was an odd character and most of his gear was home-brew and
mounted in
On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Kim Elmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This discussion just brought back a memory -- When I was preparing for my
Extra, an Old Guy ham in Tulsa offered to mentor me. and invited me to his
home with the intent of getting me perfectly ready fro the exam.
He was an
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Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Carrier Current Transmission (was Westinghouse
Test Meter Unit Type TCT)
On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Kim Elmore [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote
Many, if not most, of the college radio stations before FM took hold, used
carrier current to transmit their AM signal. You always had dead spots, even
close to the transmitter.
As late as the early 1990s, a company from Pennsylvania, LPB, was still
manufacturing at least 2 carrier current
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